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|common_name=Yellow Buckeye, Sweet buckeye

|common_name=Yellow Buckeye, Sweet buckeye

|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

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'''Yellow Buckeye''' (''Aesculus Octandra'', [[synonymy|syn.]] ''A. octandra'') is a species of [[Aesculus|buckeye]] native to the [[Ohio Valley]] and [[Appalachian Mountains]] of the [[Eastern United States]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://esp.cr.usgs.gov/data/atlas/little/aescocta.pdf | title = Aesculus Octandra Range Map | accessdate = 2008-03-06 | publisher = [[United States Geological Survey]]}}</ref> It is a medium-sized [[deciduous]] [[tree]] growing to 20–47 m tall.  It grows in mesophytic forest or floodplains, generally in acid to circumneutral soil.

 

| common_names = Yellow Buckeye

The [[leaf|leaves]] are palmately compound with five (rarely seven) leaflets, 10–25&nbsp;cm long and broad. The [[flower]]s are produced in [[panicle]]s in spring, yellow to yellow-green, each flower 2–3&nbsp;cm long with the stamens shorter than the petals (unlike the related [[Ohio Buckeye]], where the stamens are longer than the petals). The twigs have a faintly rank odor, but much less so than the Ohio buckeye, ''[[Aesculus glabra]]''. The [[fruit]] is a smooth (spineless), round or oblong capsule 5–7&nbsp;cm diameter, containing 1-3 [[nut (fruit)|nut]]-like [[seed]]s, 2.5-3.5&nbsp;cm diameter, brown with a whitish basal scar.  The fruit of the Yellow Buckeye is poisonous to humans but can be made edible through a leaching process.

| growth_habit =    <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc -->

 

| high =    <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->

Yellow Buckeye is an attractive [[ornamental plant|ornamental tree]] suitable for [[park]]s and large [[garden]]s.

| wide =    <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->

 

| origin =     <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->

| poisonous = seeds slightly toxic

| lifespan = perennial

| exposure = full sun

| water =    <!--- frequent, regular, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->

| features =    <!--- flowers, fragrance, naturalizes, invasive -->

| hardiness =    <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 5[[Celsius|°C]], etc -->

| bloom =    <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for its flowers -->

| usda_zones =    <!--- eg. 8-11 -->

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| image_width = 240px    <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->

| image_caption =    <!--- eg. Cultivated freesias -->

|unranked_divisio = Angiosperms

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Aesculus flava, Marsh. (A. octandra, Ait. A. lutea, Wang. Pavia lutea, Poir.). SWEET BUCKEYE. Large tree, 4O- 90 ft.: lfts. 5, oblong-obovate or elliptical, cuneate, equally serrate, smooth or pubescent beneath : panicles 4-6 in. long; petals yellow, very unequal, their claws longer than the calyx; stamens 7, shorter than the petals: fr. smooth. May, June. Pa. to Ga. and Iowa.

Aesculus flava, Marsh. (A. octandra, Ait. A. lutea, Wang. Pavia lutea, Poir.). SWEET BUCKEYE. Large tree, 4O- 90 ft.: lfts. 5, oblong-obovate or elliptical, cuneate, equally serrate, smooth or pubescent beneath : panicles 4-6 in. long; petals yellow, very unequal, their claws longer than the calyx; stamens 7, shorter than the petals: fr. smooth. May, June. Pa. to Ga. and Iowa.

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==References==

==References==

<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->

<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->

<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->

<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->

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